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Old Mon, Oct-21-02, 18:57
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145 Female 5' 3"
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Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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I have to agree with Rosebud on this. The amounts of veggies listed for induction are only a guideline. If you were to eat 2 cups of Romaine lettuce that would be 1.5 grams of carb (after subtracting fiber) and 1 cup of cooked broccoli would be 3.2 grams of carb after subtracting fiber. That amount leaves you at less than 5 grams of carb for the day. Now let's say you put 3 tablespoons of bleu cheese dressing on your salad at 1 gram of carb per 2 tablespoons for a total of 1.5 grams and had 2 cups of coffee (2 grams of carb) with 1 tablespoon of cream in each (1 gram of carb) and 1 packet of Splenda in each (2 grams of carb) and mid-afternoon you decided to have a snack of 2 ounces of cheese (2 grams of carb) where does that put you for the day? Let's add them up:

2 cups Romaine lettuce: 1.5 grams
1 cup cooked broccoli: 3.2 grams
3 tablespoons bleu cheese dressing: 1.5 grams
2 cups coffee: 2 grams
2 packets Splenda: 2 grams
2 Tablespoons cream: 1 gram
2 ounces hard cheese: 2 grams

Total: 13.2 grams of carb (let's say 14 for the sake of round numbers)

As you can see, you could easily have a few more cups of salad (maybe with oil and vinegar dressing this time) and another cup of broccoli and still stay under your 20 gram limit.

Like Rosebud said, dropping your carbs below 20 won't help you lose any faster, but it sure will make this WOE get boring quickly and get you constipated even faster. Eat your veggies! You need the fiber and the vitamins that they provide. There are a lot of different combinations of low carb veggies you can have and still stay under 20 grams...and that's just induction. Imagine what you can do when you hit 30 or 40 grams a day!
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